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THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
by Adams, Douglas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517542099
- ISBN 13
- 9780517542095
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 1st American edition with full number line, 1980. A Very Good+ book in a Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., 215 pp., bound in red cloth with blue paper in full color illustrated dust jacket, priced at $6.95. Jacket has some very minor chipping along top and bottom edges, crease on rear flap. Top edges of both flaps curled. Binding is very slightly cocked. Top edge dusty, text is clean and unmarked, binding is solid. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31736
- Title
- THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
- Author
- Adams, Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st American edition
- ISBN 10
- 0517542099
- ISBN 13
- 9780517542095
- Publisher
- Harmony Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Frey Fine Books
Biblio member since 2019
Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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